Apparatus for tipping seed-corn.



invention as applied to a shelf.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN GARFIELD MEASE, OF VINTON, IOWA.

APPARATUS FOR TIPPING SEED-CORN.

Application filed December 20, 1907.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. MEAsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vinton, in the county of Benton and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for TippingSeed-Corn; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus fortipping seed corn and the object in view is to produce a simple andefficient means whereby the imperfect and irregular kernels of cornwhich are not fully developed at the ends of cobs may be separated fromthe cob before the corn for seed is shelled therefrom.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough the apparatus on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a detailed viewof a part of the device containing the kernel removing arms.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a bracket arm which may be made of any material and isadapted to be fastened by means of a clamp screw or otherwise to ashelf, edge of a box or other device. B designates a stub shaft which ismounted in said bracket arm and C is a crank fixed to said shaft formingmeans whereby the latter may be rotated. A suitable casing D, preferablyof conical shape, is fitted to the end of the bracket arm in which saidshaft is pivoted and the lower portion of the casing is of cylindricalform and has an opening E therein to which an exit spout F is connected,whereby the imperfect or undeveloped kernels removed from the cob maypass. Fixed to the end of said stub shaft are the flaring arms K, havingupon their inner faces teeth N projecting Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Serial No. 407,309.

therefrom said teeth having blunt ends and spaced apart as shown. To theends of said arms a ring 0 is fastened, thereby securely bracing thearms and holding the sam spaced apart.

The operation of my invention is as follows:When it is desired to removethe im perfectly developed or defective kernels commonly found upon thetip of the cob, the operator inserts the tip of'the cob between the armswith teeth thereon and holds the butt end of the cob securely. Therotation of the arms by turning the crank will cause the kernels at thetip of the cob to be loosened therefrom and falling down will passthrough the exit tube and be conveyed to any suitable location. Theimperfect kernels being removed, the fully developed kernels suitablefor seed remain upon the cob and may afterwards be removed by anysuitable sheller. If imperfect kernels appear upon the opposite ends ofthe cobs, the latter may be inverted and removed by inserting the samewithin the apparatus and turning the crank in the same manner asdescribed.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that, by the provision of anapparatus as shown and described, a simple and efficient means isafforded whereby the imperfect kernels may be readily removed from thecob before the fully developed kernel is removed, thereby affording aseed for the most perfect germination possible.

What I claim to be new is 1. An apparatus for tipping seed corncomprising a bracket arm, a shaft journaled therein, means for rotatingthe shaft, a conical-shaped casing mounted upon said arm, a series ofradially disposed arms fixed to said shaft and divergently disposed todescribe a cone, and a series of teeth in alinement with one anothermounted upon each of said arms, as set forth.

2. An apparatus for tipping seed corn comprising a bracket arm, a shaftjournaled therein, means for rotating the shaft, a series of radiallydisposed arms fixed to said shaft and divergently disposed to describe acone, a series of teeth in alinement with one another mounted upon eachof said arms, a conical-shaped casing fixed to said arm and surroundingsaid arms, the outer end of said casing being contracted to a narrowcylin drical portion near the edge and an inwardly projecting conicalrim at the edge, and an exit tube leading from said cylindrical portionof the casing, as set forth.

3. An apparatus for tipping seed corn comprising a bracket arm, ashouldered shaft journaled therein, means for operating said shaft, adisk mountedupon a contracted end of said shaft, a nut adapted to holdsaid disk against the shoulder of the shaft, arms projecting from saiddisk and 'divergently disposed to describe a cone, a series of teethforth. 15 I In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

BEJ. GARFIELD MEASE.

Witnesses:

E. M. TINKHAM, F. T. PRIMUs.

